Hi aska,
I’ve just finished my first year of university (technically I haven’t as I will explain) and things are looking pretty grim for me. And before I go on and tell you how stressed I am at my current situation, I will make no excuses and the stress that I am experiencing is all of my own doing, due to stupidity, naivety, and laziness.
I earned 2.5 credits and failed two full-year and one half-year course. Those 2.5 credits are made up of Soc100y1, Pol101y1, Psy100h1. I got 63 for Soc, 52 for Pol, and 58 for Psychology. My goal is to get into the Sociology subject post and the minimum requirement for that is a 65 in soc100y1. I’ve read on here that the college registrar allows you to retake a course for the purpose of raising a mark to be able to meet a subject post requirement. Am I right on that? If so, is it a matter of setting up an appointment close to the start of the fall semester and talking to them about it?
Also wondering in regards to taking 200 level courses. Would I be able to take a 200 level Political science course with the 52 mark I got in political science? On the matter of courses, I understand that on academic probation, you are only allowed to enrol in 5 courses. So am I on the right track thinking I can take Soc100y1 again, along with a 200 level pol course, and 3 100 level courses?
Is my situation something I can recover from?
In regards to the registrar and making an appointment, I would love any kind of reassurance that the people I would be speaking to are not judgmental and are friendly. I have a lot of anxiety and any words from you in regards to that would help calm my nerves.
Thanks so much, you don’t know how much I appreciate your time and feedback!
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Hey hey
So let’s begin by saying that fine, you’re on probation.
Does that suck? Yes.
Can it be worse? Durr, you could be suspended.
Can you recover? Well of course!
Naturally, this just means you’ll have to work for it, but you most certainly can recover. 😉
Now students are allowed to retake courses they’ve already passed if it’s for the purpose of meeting a program requirement.
Just note that even if you get an 80 in SOC101Y the second time around, that credit will just count as extra on your transcript and the grade won’t contribute to your CGPA.
But the process of getting into the course another time is simple. Yup, you just go to your college registrar. There, you’ll fill out an add/drop course form and then someone will manually enter you into the course. HOWEVER, there isn’t exactly a set date for when they’ll do this. Typically it happens a day or two after the day you yourself could have added courses, but they’re going to have to wait for an okay from the faculty.
As for poli sci, your grade doesn’t really matter. Basically, just look at the prerequisites. Most 200-level poli sci courses just require 4.0 FCE and having taken a POL course beforehand. So can you take them? Sure you can!
And this reply is basically me saying “yes” over and over again in different ways, but yeah, you can only take a total of 5.0 FCE since you’re on probation — but that’s no biggie, really, since that’s usually what people take to begin with.
Lastly, feel free to make an appointment with your registrar! They’re there to help you.
Like fun fact: it’s their job.
Cheers!
aska